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it.” He would fear to die, and pray to live to redeem his past; then
he would fear to live, and prav to be taken away from temptation. So
wore oil a week, and then he gave up self and grew calm in Christ.
Oile Sunday he said Iiib mother was in the room and wondered wc
could not see her, and with a smile on his face, and “ mother” on his
lips he passed beyond.
As I came out of the house one of his whilom associates, sober and
sad, took off his hat and asked, “ Is it all over?”
Impressed with the vast meaning of these two little words, I bowed
and answed bade:
"A ll over!”
With a voice full of pathos, he said :
"The dear fellow is all right now. There are no saloons up there/'
I walked on, repeating to myself; “ No saloons up there 1 Thy
will be done on earth as it is heaven/'

THE TIDES.
I N the golden gleatn of dawn,
See the child ret) on the shore— -
They are playing every game
Known to childhood's merry lore;
In the harbor sails are set
Heaven’s early breeze to win—
** Tell us, boatman, how's the tide? ”
11 Coming in."

Lovers loitering by the waves
And they whisper soft and low ;
Can the little sea-bird hear them
With its darting to and fro ?
Lips are meeting in their bliss,
Tell us ere we seaward pull,
“ Tell us, boatman, how’s the tide?”
“ A t the full ”